Please wait...checking for disk quotas [H[2J" The Government of Canada expressly disclaims any warranties or representations with respect to the Environment Canada Electronic Weather Bulletin Board Service, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of fitness for the purpose of accessing meteorological, climatological or other data. In no event will the Government of Canada have any obligation arising from contract or tort, or for loss of revenue or profit, or for indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of this information." If you observe SEVERE weather, or have technical problems with one of our services, such as WeatherBoard, WeatherFax, etc., please call 664-9028. *** NEWS: Samples of GOES-90 satellite images and RAVOS remote photographs are now downloadable from Basic User Menu/New Sample Menu. Welcome to Environment Canada's WeatherBoard Service... If you are not a subscriber yet, enter basic when asked to login. 2 FPCN39 CWLW 201533 SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR COASTAL BC AND THE INTERIOR INCLUDING THE NORTHEAST ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 8:00 AM PST THURSDAY 20 MARCH 1997 FOR TODAY. VENTILATION INDICES (TEMPERATURE) AND MIXING HEIGHTS. MIXING HEIGHTS IN METRES ABOVE SEA LEVEL. AVERAGE WINDS IN KNOTS. SPOT INDICES ARE DETERMINED BY THE ASPECT AND ELEVATION OF THE SITES. COMPARE WINDS, TEMPERATURES AND ELEVATION WITH THE SITES HERE TO DETERMINE THE INDEX IN ANY OTHER AREA. SOUTHERN INTERIOR UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) FRSR CANYN KEL 80 7 2000 15 100 11 2000 15 KAMLOOPS KEL 18 3 750 8 90 10 2000 8 OKANAGAN KEL 18 3 750 6 90 12 2000 6 CASTLEGAR SPOK 9 4 500 6 25 8 1000 6 CRANBROOK SPOK 10 4 950 7 15 7 1000 7 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 2 450 1 20 6 750 2 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON S 13 SW 30 SW 54 CRANBROOK W 13 W 43 TODAY'S VENTING: Fair VENTING FOR FRIDAY: FAIR CENTRAL INTERIOR/NORTHEAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) WILLIAMS L P.G. 40 0 1000 10 95 9 2000 12 PR. GEORGE P.G. 40 0 1000 6 95 9 2000 7 SMITHERS P.G. 70 -2 1250 7 95 8 20 0 7 WELLS GRAY P.G. 70 -1 1750 12 95 6 2000 12 FT NLSN F.N. 36 -14 650 11 96 5 1650 13 FT STJOHN F.N. 36 -13 650 10 95 2 1850 13 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE S 50 SW 57 SMITHERS S 43 S 57 TODAY'S VENTING: Good VENTING FOR FRIDAY: FAIR COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 90 8 600 8 100 11 1700 10 FRASER VLY QUIL 90 6 600 8 100 11 1700 10 SRN VRISL QUIL 90 7 600 7 100 11 1700 10 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 90 4 600 7 100 10 1700 10 NRN VRISL HRDY 90 3 500 8 100 9 1700 10 TERRACE ANT 60 1 300 10 100 7 1700 12 STEWART ANT 50 2 200 13 100 6 1700 13 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER S 65 S 89 SW 98 PORT HARDY S 63 SW 78 SW 87 SANDSPIT S 76 S 76 S 78 TODAY'S VENTING: Good VENTING FOR FRIDAY: FAIR VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/mwso -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 47:31:50 This session: 00:01:20 --------Total Usage time: 47:33:10 Today's usage time: 00:05:19 This month's usage time: 01:46:37 ----This account expires: 12/31/97